/qnotables26/ - ===Q Notables 2026===

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967640 (240848ZAUG26) Notable: @realDonaldTrump Harboring Fugitives

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Code? Probably the truth.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117148820570832936

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967649 (240859ZAUG26) Notable: @Southcom "This operation is a clear and decisive reminder that SOUTHCOM is taking the fight directly to the cartels."

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U.S. Southern Command

@Southcom

"This operation is a clear and decisive reminder that SOUTHCOM is taking the fight directly to the cartels."

On August 23, under #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan’s direction, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed two narco-terrorists.

"When I ordered the establishment of Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere, it was precisely for this purpose: to accelerate, synchronize, and execute lethal actions against these destabilizing narco-terrorist networks. We are committed to imposing total systemic friction on narco-terrorists - disrupting their operations, dismantling their leadership, and eliminating cartel terror across the region." Gen. Donovan said.

“Let me be clear, we will not permit narco-terrorists to operate with impunity in the Western Hemisphere, nor will we allow their deadly poison to reach American communities. This operation is a powerful demonstration of our lethal precision, overwhelming capability, and absolute resolve to protect the U.S. homeland," Gen. Donovan said.

@DeptofWar

1:21 AM · Aug 24, 2026

https://x.com/Southcom/status/2091757856018104599

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967655 (240905ZAUG26) Notable: The Department of War was proud to help deliver the Freedom 250 pace car to Washington, D.C.

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Department of War

@DeptofWar

The Department of War was proud to help deliver the Freedom 250 pace car to Washington, D.C.

A HISTORIC DAY!

6:07 PM · Aug 23, 2026

https://x.com/DeptofWar/status/2091648514795155904

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967781 (241150ZAUG26) Notable: #30483

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Dough

https://fullchan.net/?b39c9157304e234a#JDyfAiba7km9ZQPoUze4EZBXQYXNPdLyBPWz8PVoSXwp

Baker TAPs

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967787 (241155ZAUG26) Notable: Policy on AI-generated infographics and What Notables Are To Be

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>>71819 TYB

Seems somone is trying to poison the use of AI for researching. thats fine if you want to use stick with your google and good luck with that

The rest of us are moving to the future

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967822 (241227ZAUG26) Notable: Zelenskyy Rejects Election Demand Fearful of “Major Risks”

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Zelenskyy Rejects Election Demand Fearful of “Major Risks”

August 23, 2026 | Sundance |

As most would anticipate, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected the request for a Ukraine election made by former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

Zelenskyy noted that Fedorov himself might challenge the ‘new democracy‘ regime of Zelenskyy, and therefore the risks are too great.

(via Politico) – Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday flatly rejected a call by his former defense chief to send the country to the ballot box.

“I believe that during a war like this, elections in general pose major risks,” Zelenskyy told journalists — including POLITICO — behind closed doors.

A vote “right now would be a tsunami for the state, one that would divide Ukraine,” the Ukrainian president said. He added that his strategy is “to bring the country to the end of the war and preserve an independent and sovereign state.”

His remarks come after former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov — ousted from his government role in July following a controversial reshuffle — called for elections earlier this week.

“If our partners offer us specific conditions under which elections can be held … safely, legitimately and democratically,” with the participation of soldiers on the front line and citizens who fled to other countries to escape the war, “then let’s discuss it,” Zelenskyy continued.But “it is impossible under the conditions we have right now, when Putin refuses to agree to any form of ceasefire,” he argued.

Fedorov has emerged as a rival to the current president. In a video address Tuesday, he argued that “people cannot endlessly live in a state where they do not understand why certain decisions are made.” (more)

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/08/23/zelenskyy-rejects-election-demand-fearful-of-major-risks/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967860 (241244ZAUG26) Notable: @realDonaldTrump IRAN IS COMPLETELY COLLAPSING!!! President DJT

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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 08/24/2026 08:41:54

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Truth Social: 117150535825256760

IRAN IS COMPLETELY COLLAPSING!!! President DJT

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117150535825256760

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967861 (241244ZAUG26) Notable: today's slide is AI notables

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today's slide is AI notables

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967900 (241256ZAUG26) Notable: Japan rejects Ukraine’s missile plea

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Japan rejects Ukraine’s missile plea

Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergey Koretsky earlier asked Tokyo for air defense systems, including interceptor missiles

Published 24 Aug, 2026 10:

Japan does not plan to supply Ukraine with weapons, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara has said. At a press briefing on Monday, he told reporters that Tokyo “is not considering any deliveries” of defensive or offensive weapons “at this time.”

Kihara was responding to Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergey Koretsky, who asked Japan on Sunday for anti-ballistic missiles, in an interview with Kyodo News.

“I would like to kindly ask one and only thing... anti-ballistic missiles,” he was cited as saying. “It’s the most important thing we need... I very much hope and count on your country.”

Koretsky took office in July and was reportedly close to disgraced businessman Timur Mindich, a close associate of Vladimir Zelensky who fled to Israel amid a corruption scandal.

“At this time, the government does not consider transferring weapons under the Self-Defense Forces Law to Ukraine,”Kiharasaid, referring to an overhaul in April of Japan’s defense-export policy that lifted restrictions limiting transfers to non-lethal categories and opened the door to lethal weapons exports.

He noted that Tokyo has already provided Kiev with non-lethal equipment and pledged around $20 billion in recovery, reconstruction, and humanitarian aid, signaling that it intends to keep its assistance within these bounds.

Japan’s stance on the Ukraine conflict has been marked by contradiction. Tokyo has publicly sided with Kiev, condemning Russia’s military operation and taking part in the Western sanctions. However, it has stopped short of supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine, and unlike some Western nations, has retained stakes in key Russian energy projects, citing their importance to domestic energy security.

Over the past few months, Ukraine has increasingly sought new military hardware from its Western backers to counter severe battlefield shortages amid the steady advance of Russian forces. Last month, Russia announced the capture of the key Ukrainian stronghold of Konstantinovka in northwestern Donbass before launching an offensive toward the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, the last two major cities in the region still under Ukrainian control. Over the past week, Russia has liberated six settlements in Donbass.

Kiev has intensified long-range drone attacks deep inside Russia, increasingly striking energy and civilian infrastructure and prompting Moscow to denounce the raids as terrorist attacks against civilians. Last month, Russian Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik told RT that Ukraine is trying to mask its battlefield setbacks by attacking Russian civilians and presenting the strikes as “some kind of achievement.”

Russia has long accused Western weapons suppliers of enabling Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign. A Sunday Times report last week claimed that Ukraine has used British-made drones for long-range attacks inside Russia over the past six months. Moscow maintains that this aid makes Kiev’s foreign backers direct participants in the hostilities and only serves to prolong the conflict.Earlier this month, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that Russia will adopt “much harsher methods to destroy everything that enables the West to fuel Kiev’s war machine.”

The ‘coalition of the willing’, a group of Western states pushing for continued aid to Ukraine which includes the UK, France, and Germany, will convene in Kiev on Monday to discuss future weapons deliveries.Kiev is expected to seek additional interceptor missiles. The UK is set to announce that it will provide Ukraine with classified technical information needed to assemble long-range cruise missiles domestically.

https://www.rt.com/news/644580-japan-ukraine-no-missiles/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967954 (241303ZAUG26) Notable: Singapore launches world-first data center powered by human brain cells

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Singapore launches world-first data center powered by human brain cells

The 20-unit system reportedly uses lab-grown brain cells integrated with silicon chips to generate computing power

Published 24 Aug, 2026 11:14

Singapore has launched the world’s first independently operated data center using living human brain cells for some computing tasks, the medical school of the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) has said. The system consumes a fraction of the power of traditional computing hardware. The neurons are fed every three days and sustained by dedicated life-support equipment.

NUS Medicine announced the prototype earlier this month in partnership with Singapore-based data center operator DayOne and Australian biotech firm Cortical Labs. Housed at the university, the system is described by its developers as the world’s first independently operated biologically integrated server rack.

The facility comprises 20 CL1 biological computers, each containing at least 200,000 lab-grown human neurons on an electrode-fitted silicon chip. Derived from blood cells reprogrammed into stem cells, the neurons exchange electrical signals with conventional hardware, turning their activity into computing power.

Cortical Labs founder and CEO Hon Weng Chong said the prototype moves biological computing “from research to commercial application,” arguing it could complement AI where “data is sparse” and conditions change. He pointed to potential uses in drug discovery, humanoid robotics, cybersecurity and fraud detection.

Unlike conventional data centers packed with power-hungry servers and cooling systems, biological computers could operate on a fraction of the electricity by harnessing the natural processing capabilities of living neural networks.

Keeping the “computers” running looks more like maintaining a laboratory than a server room. Technicians feed the cells a mixture of sugar, micronutrients and pH buffers every three days, while a gas system supplies carbon dioxide, oxygen and nitrogen.

Each CL1 draws around 30 watts including its life-support equipment, according to Chong. Nvidia’s H100 SXM AI processor can consume up to 700 watts under heavy workloads, while a server fitted with eight such chips can draw around 10,200 watts including supporting hardware.

The power difference is particularly relevant for Singapore, which temporarily halted construction of new data centers in 2019 because of concerns over their electricity and water consumption. Data centers accounted for around 7% of the country’s electricity use in 2020.

The technology is not intended to replace silicon, which Chong said remains “far superior” for the fast, repeatable calculations behind large language models such as ChatGPT. Biological systems, however, can learn from fewer examples and adapt to changing conditions.

https://www.rt.com/news/644581-biological-data-center-singapore/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967977 (241308ZAUG26) Notable: ICE refuses to disclose records on Ilhan Omar fraud probe, cites ongoing ‘enforcement proceedings’

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ICE refuses to disclose records on Ilhan Omar fraud probe, cites ongoing ‘enforcement proceedings’

It's All in the Family: The agency claims that releasing documents related to an investigation into the lawmaker's alleged immigration fraud would, under the law, interfere with “enforcement proceedings.”

The federal government is refusing to turn over records related to an investigation conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement into allegations of immigration fraud by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., citing a legal exemption for ongoing investigations.

Just the News filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the records in January, seeking the records pertaining to any investigations conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement into the allegations that Rep. Omar, who represents Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, married a relative in order to help him remain in the country.

Omar has denied the allegations. No court records, DNA evidence, or other documentary proof has ever substantiated that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, Omar's legal husband from 2009–2017, was her biological brother.

“ICE has determined that the information you requested is being withheld in full pursuant to Title 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(A). Disclosure of any responsive records at this time could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings,” ICE told Just the News in response to the FOIA in May.

The FOIA exemption cited by the agency “applies to records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes when their release could disrupt such proceedings,” the reply reads.

You can read the letter below:

File

Final Response 2026-ICFO-11295 3 (1).pdf

The Department of Justice guidelines for invoking exemption 7(A) say that doing so requires a two-step assessment. “First, there must be a ‘reasonable likelihood’ of a pending or contemplated law enforcement proceeding,” the guidance says. “Second, release of the information must be reasonably expected to cause some articulable harm to that proceeding.”

Harm includes things such as exposing the case to witness tampering or tipping off suspects, according to the guidance. The exemption makes no distinction between criminal, civil, and administrative cases.

Omar’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

Some say it's an open-secret known about as early as 2016

Trump administration border czar Tom Homan first said in December last year that the Department of Homeland Security was investigating whether Omar committed immigration fraud by allegedly marrying her brother, Just the News reported. “We're pulling the records, we're pulling the files," Homan said in an interview with Newsmax last year. “We're looking at it [...] I'm running that down this week.

Earlier this year, Vice President JD Vance confirmed that the Justice Department was reviewing the allegations.

“I don’t want to prejudge an investigation,” Vance said. “It certainly seems like something fishy is there. If we think that there’s a crime, we’re going to prosecute that crime, and that’s something the Department of Justice is looking at right now.”

The allegation that Omar’s second husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is related to her, or even her brother, first surfaced during her 2016 election campaign for a seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. At the same time, allegations emerged that when she married her second husband she was still married to her first.

Omar denies allegations related to her matrimonial status

Omar’s campaign vehemently denied both allegations. “Allegations that she married her brother and is legally married to two people are categorically ridiculous and false,” said then-campaign spokesman Ben Goldfarb.

The timeline of Omar’s relationships, however, is not in dispute. Omar was born in Somalia and lived in a refugee camp in Kenya before coming to the United States in 1995.

In 2002, Omar applied for a marriage license to marry Ahmed Hirsi, but did not marry him civilly, only in a Muslim ceremony. In 2008, she separated from Hirsi and a year later married Elmi. In 2011, Omar and Elmi separated with a Muslim divorce, and a year later she began another relationship with Hirsi. After her election to the Minnesota house, she filed for a formal divorce from Elmi in 2017. She married Hirsi in 2018.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly invoked the claim that Omar “married her brother” in order to get him into the country, accusing her of committing immigration fraud.

“She married her brother in order to get in, right? She married her brother. Can you imagine if Donald Trump married his sister?" He also called for her removal, saying, "We ought to get her the hell out,” Trump said at a December 2025 rally.

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/ice-refuses-turn-over-records-ilhan-omar-fraud-probe-cites-ongoing

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967984 (241310ZAUG26) Notable: ICE refuses to disclose records on Ilhan Omar fraud probe, cites ongoing ‘enforcement proceedings’

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>>71846

>The FOIA exemption cited by the agency “applies to records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes when their release could disrupt such proceedings,” the reply reads.

>You can read the letter below:

>File

>Final Response 2026-ICFO-11295 3 (1).pdf

https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/Final%20Response%202026-ICFO-11295%203%20%281%29.pdf

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967992 (241313ZAUG26) Notable: @realDonaldTrump Endorsement Record Winnings

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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 08/23/2026 21:07:43

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My Endorsements are stronger than ever — Not to mention the fact that good people are getting elected that never had the chance! Here is an accurate list of the last number of seasons. There has never been anything close! It is an Honor that I take very seriously. The few that lost were done out of loyalty. It was almost impossible for them to win but, I felt obligated to go with them because they were, in my opinion, good people! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Donald J. Trump reTruthed...

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117150645492479889

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24967996 (241314ZAUG26) Notable: @realDonaldTrump Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!! They have also charged our great farmers, for many years, massive amounts of Tariffs. No more!!! President DJT

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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 08/24/2026 09:10:40

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Truth Social: 117150648954405886

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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 08/23/2026 01:06:38

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Truth Social: 117143083340259038

Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!! They have also charged our great farmers, for many years, massive amounts of Tariffs. No more!!! President DJT

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117143083340259038

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117150648954405886

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24968043 (241331ZAUG26) Notable: Today in Q Post History we have - ZERO Deltas and ZERO Posts that mention today’s date of August 24

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Today in Q Post History we have - ZERO Deltas and ZERO Posts that mention today’s date of August 24

● PLEASE NOTE - Even though we had ZERO Deltas and ZERO Posts on today’s date, I’m still noting that fact anyway, in case we see any confirmation of the word “ZERO” or “NONE” in a social media post by President Trump today.

DELTAS

Link for the ZERO Deltas - https://qagg.news/?q={D 08/24/}

Archive of the ZERO Deltas on Archive Today - https://archive.ph/AYLEJ

Entire Collage of the ZERO Deltas at Imgur - https://imgur.com/a/xOmOjEl

POSTS

Link for the ZERO Posts - https://qalerts.app/?q=Aug+24

Archive of the ZERO Posts on Archive Today - https://archive.ph/PC1FX

Entire Collage of the ZERO Posts at Imgur - https://imgur.com/a/FvpYsZm

● PLEASE NOTE - As a backup, I also posted today’s Deltas and Posts (with the collages) in the Bunker. The link to that post is here - https://endchan.net/qrbunker/res/190929.html#191216.

God bless all patriots—past, present, and future—who chose, have chosen, or will choose to fight the evil that we are crushing for God and country, and in the holy name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Keep up the lawful fight, fight, fight, and I will, too!

o7

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24968082 (241341ZAUG26) Notable: @realDonaldTrump Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years

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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 08/24/2026 09:38:26

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Truth Social: 117150758113256193

Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years. Their ridiculously high tariffs on our Farmers and farm products has made life impossible for these great American Patriots, and has long created a 60 Billion Dollar Deficit between our two Countries. Not sustainable, and NOT ANYMORE! On January First, 2027, Tariffs on all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts, and Steel, will be increased to 50%. Build in the U.S. and there are ZERO TARIFFS. Canada will be treated like a State no longer! On Trade, and in other ways, also, they are among the worst Nations in the World to deal with. They feel entitled, and yet, WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US! They do 95% of their business with the U.S., with us, the exact opposite! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117150758113256193

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24968086 (241342ZAUG26) Notable: Man Who Called for the Mass Slaughter of President Trump and The Entire Secret Service is Identified and Arrested

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BREAKING: Man Who Called for the Mass Slaughter of President Trump and The Entire Secret Service is Identified and Arrested

by Cullen Linebarger Aug. 24, 2026

The FBI has taken a dangerous madman off the streets who wanted to kill President Trump and Secret Service agents.

Libs of TikTok exclusively broke the news a short time ago that the FBI has identified Ayden Langevin as the person who made these threats and has taken him into custody.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Libs of TikTok shared a post from a lunatic fed up over the failed assassination attempts on Trump and called for mass action.

The man raged on TikTok that leftists have no choice but to grab guns, rush the White House with the intention of killing Trump and the entire Secret Service.

How he proposed to do this against several armed agents was unclear.

“It’s as simple as: we all grab guns,” he shouted. “We all group together.

We all rush the White House and actually kill Trump and ALL of the Secret Service,” he adds. We are killing. We have to kill!

“I don’t know how many times I have to say this sh_t online!”

“We have to kill! There is no other f**king way.”

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) responded by sending FBI Director Kash Patel a message that seemed to imply he had been slacking on threats to the president.

“Kash, this might be a good time for an arrest,” Lee wrote on X.

It’s safe to say Patel took Lee’s advice to heart.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/breaking-man-who-called-mass-slaughter-president-trump/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24968104 (241346ZAUG26) Notable: God Bless America! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

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God Bless America! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

https://x.com/defense_civil25/status/2091670864601456792?s=20

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24968112 (241349ZAUG26) Notable: Trump increases tariffs for Canada on cars, trucks, automotive parts and steel to 50% from Jan 1st 2027, "WE DON'T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!"

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JUST IN - Trump increases tariffs for Canada on cars, trucks, automotive parts and steel to 50% from Jan 1st 2027, "WE DON'T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!"

https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2091884527048167525

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24968132 (241403ZAUG26) Notable: @FBIBoston: Former Owner of Telemedicine Companies Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for $110 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

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CASE UPDATE from @FBIBoston: Former Owner of Telemedicine Companies Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for $110 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

The former owner of Expansion Media & Hybrid Management Group, Steven Richardson, of Port St. Lucie, FL, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for a $110 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), including orthotics such as back and knee braces.

Learn more: https://t.co/uR8i6E2XqE

9:00 AM · Aug 24, 2026

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24968138 (241407ZAUG26) Notable: @USTradeRep on talks with Canada: "We offered them the best access to the United States of any country in the world…

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.@USTradeRep on talks with Canada: "We offered them the best access to the United States of any country in the world... I don't know if it was political for them. It certainly doesn't make economic sense... but they came in and they wanted more, and we weren't prepared to do that."

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2091889604395667614

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24968197 (241443ZAUG26) Notable: Ontario premier says Trump can ‘kiss my ass’ as U.S. president threatens new tariffs on vehicles

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Ontario premier says Trump can ‘kiss my ass’ as U.S. president threatens new tariffs on vehicles

By Josh Pringle

Published: August 24, 2026 at 10:34a.m. EDT

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks during an announcement about the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway in Toronto on Thursday, June 4, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey

Ontario Premier Doug Ford reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to increase tariffs on cars and trucks next year, saying he can “kiss my ass.”

In a post on his Truth Social platform Monday morning, Trump said he will increase tariffs on “all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts, and Steel” to 50 per cent on New Year’s Day.

READ MORE: Trump threatens 50% tariffs on all cars, trucks by New Year’s Day. Follow for live updates.

The comment came three days after Canada walked away from trade negotiations ahead of a deadline by the United States to increase tariffs on a variety of Canadian goods.

Speaking with Ottawa’s Newstalk 580 CFRA’s The Morning Rush with Bill Carroll shortly after Trump’s post, Ford said, “We’re going to go at him full steam, and we buy 400 per cent more cars than anyone in the world.”

The comment was an immediate reaction as Carroll informed Ford of Trump’s social media post for the first time.

Ford also suggested getting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith “on board, so the cars that they’re manufacturing won’t be able to fill up because we’ll be controlling the oil and gas going down there.”

“Maybe what we should be doing is charging him triple on the oil, triple on the potash, on the uranium, on our, you know, metals and our rare earth metals,” Ford said Monday morning.

“We need to throw everything in the kitchen sink at him. He’s arrogant. He’s cocky, and you know, as Ronald Reagan said, if you come to a draw with a bully, what stops that bully from coming after you the next day and the next day. And that’s all Donald Trump is-is a bully. Well, he’s going to have a rude awakening.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced over the weekend that Canada would impose “dollar for dollar” tariffs on the U.S. in response to new American tariffs, with the retaliatory tariffs coming into effect on Sept. 8.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/ontario-premier-says-trump-can-kiss-my-ass-as-us-president-threatens-new-tariffs-on-vehicles/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24968220 (241459ZAUG26) Notable: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

August 24, 2026

Comet 220P in Outburst

Comet 220P is unexpectedly bright. Normally, periodic Comet 220P/McNaught is so dim that to see it requires a telescope. Two surprising outbursts this year, however, have made it about 20,000 times brighter than usual, so that it is now visible with binoculars and long-duration camera exposures. As expected, Comet 220P continues to orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter with a period of over 5 years. The featured long duration exposure, taken 10 days ago from South Africa, shows the comet's bright green head and short dust tail. Reasons for Comet 220P's impressive outbursts are unknown but could be caused by the release of built-up subsurface gas or comet quakes. Comet 220P will pass about one Earth-Sun distance from the Earth in October, after which it is expected to fade quickly as it begins its return to the far part of its orbit.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsXw79H1a-U

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24968243 (241512ZAUG26) Notable: The Marxist Iron Curtain Descends: How Democrat-Controlled Blue States Lock in Permanent Power Through Voter Fraud.

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The Marxist Iron Curtain Descends: How Democrat-Controlled Blue States Lock in Permanent Power Through Voter Fraud.

@WallStreetApes

WOW 🚨 Minnesota Democrats rigged their elections so they can literally NEVER LOSE

Everyone needs to take the time to read and understand how Democrats are rigging our elections. Here are the 3 things they did in Minnesota:

- Voters can vouch for up to 8 people

- Same-day election registration

- No provisional ballots

“Other states, they will have same-day registrants use what's called a provisional ballot. And so they cast their vote, but it's set off aside, and it's not actually added into the mix until their registration has been verified. Minnesota doesn't have that”

Minnesota puts those ballots from same day registration into the mix to be counted with NO CHECKS. They allow vouching, same day registration, and it’s immediately counted.

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2091842963290640849